Why We Write

Fabiola R. Decius’s is a playwright and the founder of Teens WRITE (Writing, Reading, and Investigating Theater Everywhere), which is a program for teenagers to write, revise, cast, direct, and produce original plays culminating in a Ten-Minute Play Festival. Fabiola graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a Bachelor of Arts, and received a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Lesley University in Stage and Screen Writing. Her plays include Haiti Chérie, Final Verdict, In Sync, Ice Cream Bucket List, Date Night Surprise, Chicksmas, Draped in History, Free Before Eleven, Consent, Bus Stop, Man of the House, and Fighting Forgiveness. In addition to writing for the stage, Fabiola has also had her share of acting accolades in Waiting Room and Goddamn Bell!: A Journey Through Time at Bryn Mawr. She was a cohort member in the 2016-2017 Company One Theatre PlayLab Unit. She was a Creative City grant recipient through the New England Foundation for the Arts in 2018. In this interview, she speaks with Lesley Unive